In 1964, Ford placed a new Mustang on the 85th-floor observation deck of The Empire State Building. The skyscraper’s freight elevators have not grown since then. The Ford Mustang, on the other hand, has. At the 2014 New York Auto Show, Bill Ford was speaking with a measure of reverence about the company’s pony car; mentioning that his very first automobile was a 1975 Mustang II. As he spoke, a photo splashed across the screen; an original 1964-1/2 ’Stang and the new model. The image of the pair was even more jarring than the 901/991 press shots Porsche’s been bandying around over the last year. The original car looked positively dainty and delicate when paired with the new, slab-sided, elongated behemoth. It makes sense, then, that this new Mustang had to be cut into twice as many pieces to fit into the iconic skyscraper’s elevators.

After the first press day of the show, we walked the mile or so down to the Empire State Building. After getting lost on the 79th floor, we finally made it up to the 85th. There was no hoopla. No signage. But tucked off in a corner of the observation deck stood the 2015 Mustang, a crowd milling around it, but not necessarily focused on it. They were just as interested in the view of Manhattan from the Midtown landmark. The yellow car just seemed like a nice little bonus.

They didn’t seem to notice or care that the guy having his photo taken with the car was the grandson of Henry Ford either. Post photo-op, Ford mentioned to us that the original car had only been a three-piece deal. The new model? It had to be cut down to six individual assemblies—ones that could be pieced together in six hours, as the observation deck’s only closed between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. each day. When we turned in the night before, we’d just been pelted with a lashing of freezing rain. By the time Bill Ford arrived in the morning to shoot some video to accompany the auto-show presentation, the sun had come out, but even the native Michigander noted the unpleasantness of the morning temperature.

Regardless, the thing’s assembled and up there right now. If you’re in New York, it’ll be sitting there, 1000-plus feet above Manhattan, all day on April 17. Go give it a gander. Seriously, when was the last time you were up there, New Yorkers? When Aunt Mildred finally made the long-threatened trek out to visit from Herminie, PA?